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When photographing insects I find the early morning hours are hard to beat for a number of reasons. The insects are not quite as active in the early morning hours because their body temperature is low from the night air. This gives you more time to setup your shots before the move on. When their metabolism is still sluggish they will allow you to get in closer to them. If you want sharp images, I recommend that you use a tripod because with lower light levels you will need longer exposures than at midday. Often I will shoot at about 200mm the f-stop setting will be dependent upon the depth of field desired. Most of the time I prefer to maintain a shallow depth of field, a common setting I use is f-5.6.
